yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
adds force or indicates command
blind female beggar who sings or plays shamisen
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
nth generation; nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
top university; leading university; first-rate university
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
steady; sound; reliable; solid
government worker; public servant; civil servant
honorific/polite/humble prefix
the sun; god of heaven and the earth; laws governing the heavens; celestial path; celestial motion; deva realm (svarga); path in the heavens
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to turn towards; to point
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
to subsist; to keep on living
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing